The Western Pressure have gone down 48-38 to Fijian Drua on the Wests Bulldogs Stadium in Brisbane of their ultimate pre-season conflict earlier than the Tremendous Rugby season.
The Pressure struggled to comprise the free-flowing Fijian assault and located themselves down by 15 factors at half-time, however a late second half onslaught virtually secured them a win.
In an entertaining first-half, the Drua outscored the Pressure 5 tries to 2 and caught the attention with quite a few eye-catching attacking runs.
Zach Kiribige opened the scoring for the Pressure with an early transformed strive, just for the Drua to grab management of the sport from there on.
Tries to Jone Tiko, Ilaisa Droasese and Ratu Rotuisolia plus a conversion to Caleb Muntz helped them seize a 10-point lead after lower than a quarter-of-an-hour.
Iosefa Masi and Michael Wells traded tries for both facet, however Tuidraki Samusamuvodre scored one more first-half strive for the Fijians to offer them a 29-14 lead on the break and Rotuisolia added his second of the evening after the break.
Sam Spink and Jackson Pugh tires lowered the deficit to 34-24 with 20 minutes to play till Kaliopasi Uluilakepa crossed for a transformed strive quickly after.
Pressure subs Feleti Kaitu’u and Marley Pearce scored tries inside the ultimate 10 minutes to make it a three-point recreation, however one other Uluilakepa five-pointer after 80 minutes elapsed sealed the deal.
